Ch. 335                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

establish policies and procedures for determining eligibility for certain Programs
grants and loans; specifying the source of moneys and certain requirements relating
to the Special Loan Programs Fund; defining certain terms; establishing certain
penalties; abolishing the Lead Paint Abatement Program; repealing a funding
provision and the termination date of the Radon Gas and Asbestos Abatement Pilot
Program; and generally relating to the Department of Housing and Community
Development, the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program, and the Lead Hazard
Reduction Loan Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 83B - Department of Housing and Community Development

Section 2-307

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1991 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 83B - Department of Housing and Community Development

Section 2-1301 through 2-1311, inclusive to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 13.

Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Loan

Program"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 83B - Department of Housing and Community Development

2-307.

(a)      [(1) There is a Lead Paint Abatement Program within the Maryland Housing
Rehabilitation Program.

(2)] There is a Radon Gas and Asbestos Abatement Pilot Program within the
[Lead Paint Abatement] MARYLAND HOUSING REHABILITATION Program.

(b)     The Department shall operate the Program and make loans for rehabilitation
projects for radon gas [,] AND asbestos[, and lead paint] abatement[, which loans may
include the cost of any testing which has identified the need for lead paint abatement].

(c)     The terms and provisions for loans shall satisfy the requirements of § 2-303(h)
of this subtitle.

(d)     [Loans made for abatement of lead paint in residential buildings under this
section that are deferred under § 2-303(f)(l) of this subtitle may be forgiven, wholly or
partly, by the Department,

(e)] (1) To qualify for a loan, the owner of a building:

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